A Worcester man accused of drunken driving in a fatal crash last week got his driver’s license back in July after a one-year revocation, driving records obtained by the Telegram & Gazette revealed.

Adam A. Bard, 28, of 48 Water St., who is facing charges in Central District Court stemming from a fatal crash Oct. 24 at Franklin and Grafton streets, also had his license indefinitely suspended on Oct. 25, a day after the crash.

Police petitioned the state Registry of Motor Vehicles for the indefinite suspension, saying Mr. Bard is an immediate threat to the community.

Driving records show Mr. Bard’s license was suspended for 180 days in September 2002 after he was charged for what appears to be speeding and racing. Mr. Bard still had his junior operator’s license at the time of that suspension.

In March 2003, Mr. Bard’s license was reinstated after he paid fees. Records show that Mr. Bard had two speeding charges in 2002 as well. Those two came before the suspension.

Two days after Mr. Bard’s license was reinstated in March 2003, he was cited again for speeding. His driving record shows the citation occurred in Blandford, Mass., where he was again cited for speeding in August 2008.

Mr. Bard’s driving record shows he was charged in New York with driving impaired in March 2011.

The record does not show the type of impairment. His license was revoked in July 2011. Records show the revocation was for one year.

On July 23, Mr. Bard’s license was reinstated.

Mr. Bard remains hospitalized and did not appear in court yesterday for his scheduled date to appear.

In search warrant affidavits filed to obtain blood and urine samples and medical records of Mr. Bard, police officers said they could smell alcohol on him after the crash.

Mr. Bard is facing charges in connection with the Oct. 24 crash, which took the life of Michael Despin, 48, of Worcester. The most serious of those charges is motor vehicle homicide under the influence of alcohol or .08 percent and negligent driving.

Worcester police Traffic Division investigators went to UMass Memorial Medical Center — University Campus after the crash to check on Mr. Bard’s condition, according to a search warrant affidavit on file in Central District Court. Mr. Bard was in the hospital being treated for head and chest injuries after the crash.

Officers wrote in the search warrant affidavit that they stepped into “Adam’s room and smelt a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from Mr. Bard’s body.”

Mr. Bard will remain held without bail until his case goes to court for a pretrial conference. His lawyer, Peter L. Ettenberg, waived Mr. Bard’s arraignment last week.

Mr. Despin, a father who worked at Saint-Gobain, was killed late Oct. 24 when his pickup and a car driven by Mr. Bard collided at Franklin and Grafton streets. Police allege Mr. Bard was drunk when his Audi struck the pickup.

Mr. Despin was driving home from work and had dropped off a co-worker before the accident. Police arrived to find Mr. Bard’s red Audi A3 resting against the corner of a building at 18 Grafton St. Mr. Despin’s pickup had flipped over.

Before the crash, a security guard at Mr. Bard’s apartment building on Water Street flagged down police and told them a resident had exited the elevator in the lobby and appeared to be drunk.

The security guard told police that Mr. Bard’s speech was slurred and he was unsteady on his feet, the search warrant affidavit said.

“The male was escorted outside of the building and urinated on the sidewalk,” police said in a news release last week. “The guard stayed with the male who stated that he was waiting for a friend to pick him up. At this time, the security guard believed that he was getting a ride and went back into the lobby to continue his duties. The guard later observed the male enter a red Audi and drive away swerving all over the road.”

Officers looked for the Audi. About 15 minutes later police got a call from a concerned person near Kelley Square. The caller told police that a man got into an Audi and drove away with the driver’s side door open. The car jumped a curb and struck a parking meter, then sped through a stop sign.

Two people tried to follow the car in another vehicle, but the car was going too fast, according to the search warrant affidavit.